Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donovan Joyce

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. John254 23:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Donovan Joyce

Donovan Joyce (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable. There is no evidence to support his notability as a "best-selling author", as he only ever wrote one book, and that book has almost no relevant Google hits (see The Jesus Scroll AfD below. MSJapan (talk) 05:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep. Unless a reason is provided to ignore the fact that the Australian Dictionary of Biography apparently has an article on this person [1]. An independent third-party biography in a source like that seems to ensure notability. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Prolific radiographor as can be seen by my (sourced) addition to the article. I have also added other sources per WP:N and flagged it for rescue. Fosnez (talk) 09:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - sources added establish notability. KnightLago (talk) 13:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep per above, though I'd trim the massively long bullet list. Blaxthos ( t / c ) 14:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep clearly notable based on the sources. Dreamspy (talk) 15:14, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as the article's starter - I obviously think the subject is notable and the references show it to be. Jack1956 (talk) 20:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - this individual does appear to be notable, but not simply for his book The Jesus Scroll. I'd suggest that the book be merged into the article on the author, as the book does not appear to be independently notable. Wednesday Next (talk) 18:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.